Saturday, December 15, 2012

New Contest!!

Starting pitcher:
M.C. O'Connor

After the magical 2010 season, the Giants, per custom, were invited to the White House for a meet-n-greet with El Presidente. If you didn't follow the event, you missed a good one, as the Giants were, to a man, classy and gracious champions. Mr. Obama was relaxed and funny, clearly enjoying himself, and feted the team with appropriate ceremony. My favorite moment was when the President made a point to recognize Tim Lincecum and said "it just goes to show you shouldn't bet against the skinny guy." Another magical season is in the books, and the 2012 Giants are the new champions, and you figure they'll get another invitation to 1600 Pennsylvania and another schmooze fest with Obama. In the mean time, I've got prizes to give away, and a new contest for our faithful readers here at RMC.

Take a look at the photo below. Doesn't it just cry out for a caption? I mean, that's Willie Fecking Mays, mate, and he's got the ear of the Commander in Chief! What the hell is he saying? And how about Ol' Boch with his shit-eating grin, basking in the afterglow, wondering how his baseball career turned out so fookin' grand, to be hob-nobbing with such big-time celebrities and all. I love it. What a great time to be a Giants fan. So, write me a caption. Submit it as a comment on this post. I'll pick the three I like the best. You've got until Wednesday evening, the 19th, at 8:00 p.m. PST. You only get to enter ONCE. Your prize will be this fabulous World Series Champion Collector's DVD set from A&E. I can tell you it is very, very nice. You get all four World Series games plus Game Five of the LDS and Game Five of the LCS. These are complete games, no commercials, and with the choice of listening to the KNBR feed. You also get Matt Cain's perfect game and a bonus highlight disc, eight in all, very nicely packaged with box scores, stats, etc. The blu-ray quality is astonishing, even better than the HD broadcast I watched on my DishTV. (You can get standard DVDs as well). You want this. Of course, you could just buy them yourself, or download them for your iTunes, but you want, like the 2012 Giants, to WIN! So, sharpen your pencils and trim your nails and type me up something good!

So that's it.The nice folks at A+E Networks Home Entertainment/MLB Productions want you to have a happy holiday season. And I'm happy to help them help you be happy over the holidays.

Happy Holidays!

--M.C.

p.s. Winners will need to send me (mcoc13@gmail.com) their snail mail addresses and I will forward them to A&E and they will send out the prizes. USA only.

The President, appearing a bit nervous & contemplating a call for additional Secret Service back-up, whispered: "Seriously, Mr. Say Hey, the size of this guy's head is creeping me out - what's up with that?"

Willie, "I heard you voted for Richard Nixon," Well Mr. President, that was then, and he promised me national holiday called Willie Mays day, and now I have come to the White House to collect on that promise.

Willie Mays, who played for the Giants/Mets from 1951-1973 and was inducted into the hall of fame in 1979, proudly meets President Obama in the White House.Bruce Bochy, manager of the Giants, looks to the President thinking "I make more money than you" as The President stands stunned thinking "It's fookin Willie Mays!"